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14-letter words containing o, s, k, e

  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
  • smoke detector — an electronic fire alarm that is activated by the presence of smoke.
  • smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
  • smokeless fuel — fuel which burns without producing smoke
  • smokeless zone — an area designated by the local authority where only smokeless fuels are permitted
  • smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
  • smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
  • snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • sock suspender — garter (def 1).
  • sockeye salmon — an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • sonderkommando — a group of prisoners assigned to collect belongings and dispose of the bodies of other prisoners who had died or been killed.
  • speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
  • speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
  • speaking voice — a person's normal voice in which they speak
  • speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
  • squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • stick together — be united
  • stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
  • stock dividend — a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
  • stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
  • stock turnover — the rate at which stock is sold and replenished
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
  • stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stoke-on-trent — a city in N Staffordshire, in central England, on the Trent River: pottery and china.
  • stop the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
  • straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
  • strike through — cross out
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
  • surfer's knobs — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
  • surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
  • take a shot at — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • take one's way — to go on a journey; travel
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • take years off — to make (someone) feel or look much younger
  • tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
  • telescope peak — a mountain in SE California: highest peak in the Panamint Range, above Death Valley. 11,049 feet (3368 meters).
  • the joe blakes — the DT's
  • the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
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